Definitely. We have a lot of pine trees in our area and the hogs will cut some of these trees with their tusk (we call them cut trees), which causes the tree to bleed (seep the turpentine out). The hogs will then rub their shoulders in it and other parts of their body, but mostly the shoulder,particularly the boars. They will then lay in mud, which sticks in the turpentine, which causes the shoulder to creat what we call a shield, which becomes extremely tough. This shield protects him in fights with other hogs. The turpentine also helps keep bugs off the hog.

I've seen these cut areas on very large trees, 2 to 3 feet high and sometimes they completely ring the tree. There will also be mud on the tree.

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